Evolution of a Category: Inspirational Music
- part 2
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
A 2 Part Series – Part 2
(If you missed it, you can go to Part 1 of this series.)
So we continue now with this idea of the evolution of the definition of Inspirational Music. In expanding our umbrella, we here at Watchfire Music have looked hard at just what inspires people.
One of the things I always listen for when I’m listening to new artist submissions is, “Can I hear the lyrics?” In this day of groove music where the beat is foremost, many artists bury their vocals in the tracks so that the lead singer is not the foremost thing that you hear. Perhaps sometimes that’s good.
Recording engineers like to say that there’s only so much room in the spectrum – that something has to be the first thing you hear in a mix. You can’t hear it all equally at the same time – the voice, the drums, the bass, the guitars, the background singers, etc. When mixing all these elements together, you must have a point of view. Classically, that’s with the lead singer first because the lead singer presents the melody and the words, the concept of the song.
